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Google fires software engineer who claimed its AI chatbot is sentient
Google dismisses senior software engineer who claimed the company's AI chatbot LaMDA was a self-aware person
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Instagram rolls out new map feature
Instagram introduced a new map feature that allows users to discover and search popular locations nearby
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Google Cloud data center in London faces outage on UK's hottest day
Google Cloud data center in London faced an outage as the temperature in the UK soared to a record high
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Russia fines Google for 'illegal content'
Google fined for not restricting prohibited content on its site related to the war in Ukraine
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Google reveals big plans to change Gmail spam
Aims to work with FEC and allow political emails to not go to spam folder in Gmail
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Google slows down hiring amid potential economic recession
CEO Sundar Pichai informs employees about slowing down pace of hiring for rest of 2022, as well as coming year
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Google offers concessions to avoid U.S. antitrust lawsuit, WSJ reports
Google offers concessions to avoid antitrust lawsuit alleging that it abuses its clout in the advertising business
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EU lawmakers pass landmark tech rules, but enforcement a worry
EU lawmakers pass landmark tech rules, but enforcement could be hampered by regulators' limited resources
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Google to pay $90 million to settle legal fight with app developers
Google to pay $90 million to settle a legal fight with app developers
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Google rolls out ‘Switch to Android’ app for iOS users
Google’s ‘Switch to Android’ app for iOS users now works with any Android 12 phones
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A US FCC commissioner urges Apple, Google to boot TikTok from app stores
A Republican member has urged Apple and Google to kick Chinese-owned TikTok out of its app stores
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Gmail’s new interface to become default pretty soon
Gmail is rolling out its new interface for more people soon
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Pinterest CEO steps down, Google executive to take over in e-commerce push
Google's commerce executive to replace Ben Silbermann as the Chief Executive Officer of Pinterest
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Google to shut down Hangouts in November
Company to move users to Google Chat
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Google hit with antitrust complaint by Danish job search rival
Danish online job search company alleges that Google unfairly favors its own job search service
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Apple and Android phones hacked by Italian spyware, Google says
An Italian company developed hacking tools to spy on private messages and contacts of the targeted devices
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Online privacy bill easily passed by U.S. House panel
A bill aimed to limit the collection of personal data was passed by U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.
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Google News re-opens in Spain after eight-year shutdown
Google News reopens in Spain post the revamp of EU copyright rules
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U.S. lawmakers urge Google to fix abortion searches that steer women to 'fake clinics'
US lawmakers urge google to give correct results for abortion clinics rather than 'crisis pregnancy centers'
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Google engineer claims Lamda AI has developed feelings
Google engineer Blake Lemoine was sent on leave after he said that Lamda AI had developed feelings
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Meta, Google, Twitter vow to fight fake news better as EU gets tougher
More than 30 signatories including advertising bodies have committed to the updated code
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Google, Facebook, Twitter to tackle deepfakes or risk EU fines
Google, Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc. and other companies need to take measures to tackle deepfakes or risk hefty fines
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US Senate likely to pass bill to bar tech firms
US Senate votes to pass legislation to prevent the four tech giants from favouring their business in search results
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Google to pay $100 million for Photo facial recognition lawsuit
Google to pay $100 million to Illinois residents for violation of privacy concerns over its Face Grouping feature
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Google ordered to pay Australian politician over defamatory YouTube videos
Australian court orders Google to pay former lawmaker $515,000 for failing to take down defamatory videos
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Google backs India's ShareChat in $300m funding round at $5b valuation
ShareChat gathers funding from Google, Time Group and Temasek Holdings, valuing the company at $5 billion
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Russia opens cases against Google, other foreign tech over data storage
Russia has administrative cases against Google and 6 foreign tech companies for alleged violations of personal data
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'Decentralized' search engine Presearch might be the next Google
Decentralised Web 3 search engine is ready to take on Google with better aggregated search results
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US bill would bar Google, Apple from hosting apps that accept China's digital yuan
Senators move to bar apps in the US for hosting China's digital currency in their payment systems amid fear of spies
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Russian hackers are linked to new Brexit leak website, Google says
A new website published leaked emails of Britain's exit out of EU, which is tied to Russian hackers
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Tinder-owner Match says Google to allow alternate payment systems for now
Alphabet will temporarily allow dating app, Match Group users a choice in payment systems
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Google's DeepMind on the verge of achieving human AI
Some leading AI researchers view AGI as an existential catastrophe for humans
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Google, Samsung collaborating to sync fitness data between apps
Google and Samsung are teaming up to create Health Connect which will allow Android developers to share health data
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Google Keep to add text formatting after a decade
Google is finally updating its note-taking app, Google Keep, with basic text formats, after nine years
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Google Assistant to arrive on Galaxy Watch 4
Samsung opted to work with Google for a unified Wear OS 3
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Google unveils new 10-shade skin tone scale to test AI for bias
Google unveils palette of 10 skin tones in order to help make better gadgets and apps for people of different colour
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Google's second try at computer glasses translates conversations in real time
At the I/O developer conference, Google revealed its second pair of glasses that provides subtitles in real life
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Tinder owner Match sues Google in 'last resort' to avoid app-store booting
Match Group sues Google to prevent dating apps like Tinder from being removed from Play Store
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Google's Nest cameras can work with Amazon Alexa
Google's Nest camera will now let owners stream onto Alexa's smart display, Echo show devices, Fire TV and tablets
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Apple, Google, and Microsoft will implement passwordless sign-ins
Apple, Google and Microsoft plan on introducing passwordless sign-ins across all major platforms
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Epic asks court to stop Google from removing Bandcamp from Play Store
Epic Games files motion stop Google from removing its recently bought app, Bandcamp from the Play Store
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Google begins removing contact details of people from search results
Responding to user requests, Alphabet starts removing personal contact details from search results
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Alphabet misses on revenue as YouTube ad business slowed by Ukraine war
YouTube reports first quarterly profits falling short after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, as ad sales take a hit
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Google is banning third-party recording apps on Play Store
Google's updated policy will block third-party apps that record calls using Accessibility API on Android phones.
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Google will now let you repair your Pixel phone
Google is providing Pixel phone users the option to repair their phone using their authorised service providers.
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Russia scolds Google after alleged 'dead Russians' translation option
The regulator says the translator is offering the variant under the 'Did you mean' section
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Google Maps is making road travel easier with new updates
Google Maps is improving its features to make route guidance convenient with relevant information and accessibility.
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Big online firms face 0.1% supervisory fee under new EU rules
Major online companies will need to pay a yearly fee of 0.1% of their annual net income to cover cost of EU compliance
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Google Docs introduces ‘assistive writing’ features
Google Docs will get tools that will make writing infallible for users, with accurate word and grammar suggestions.
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Russian hackers targeted NATO, eastern European militaries - Google
Google's Threat Analysis Group reported that Russian hackers tried to penetrate the networks of NATO.